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  A horizon scan of environmental drivers of poverty

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  This report presents the results of a rapid desk-based study of the environmental drivers of poverty, based on a review of peer-reviewed and grey literature for the last 10 years. The major non-climate environmental drivers of poverty are identified: biodiversity loss (at the global scale) and a variety of pollution and resource degradation issues at smaller scales.
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  Gender policy and action

  2015

  Document proposing a gender policy and gender action plan for the Green Climate Fund, 2015-2017.
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  Gender and Climate Change in the Himalayas

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2009

  Background paper on climate change related issues facing men and women in the Himalayan region.
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  Estimating the income counterfactual for oil producing countries of the MENA region

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015

  How much richer would oil producing countries in the Middle East be if they invested all their natural resource rents? This study tries to answer this question by calculating the counterfactuals of capital stock and income under two major scenarios.
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  Effects of institutions and natural resources in a multiple growth regime

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015

  Dependence on natural resourcea is currently the object of a wide debate in the analysis of economic growth in rentier states. In this work, the authors examine the interaction effect between oil resources dependence and the quality of institutions on economic growth by employing a panel threshold regression methodology.
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  The impact of crop raiding by wild animals in communities surrounding the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

  Academic Journals, 2014

  Crop damage is a serious source of conflict in communities adjacent to protected areas. Data on crop raiding were collected through questionnaires in villages at different distances from the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania.
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  Perceptions of farmers in Bangladesh to Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) as an Agricultural Pest in | Sarker | Environment and Natural Resources Research

  Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2014

  We explored the degree to which Bangladeshi farmers perceive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) as agricultural pests, as related to the type of farming and other demographic profile of the farmers.
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  Story Map: Ecosystem services in the Cubango / Okavango river basin

  GRID Arendal, 2015

  Estimates by Alyward (2009) show that 380 000 people derive direct livelihood support from the Cubango/ Okabango River Basin. Much of the direct livelihood support is derived through the benefits obtained from wetlands and floodplain systems.
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  Topic Guide: sub-national financing for urban infrastructure

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  Developing countries are growing faster than in the past, with significantly higher rates of growth than those in the developed world. Growth rates in Africa and India were well above 5% in 2014 and those in Ethiopia and Rwanda were higher than 7.5%.
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  Topic guide: planning for sustainable and inclusive cities in the global South

  Evidence on Demand, 2015

  This new Topic Guide summarises key debates on one of the most important challenges of the 21st century – managing urban growth. The guide argues that urban planning has huge potential to address the major threats to cities – poverty, inequity and environmental risk.

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